2022–23 Scottish Premiership

The 2022–23 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is set to be the tenth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 126th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. The season will begin on 30 July 2022.[1]

Scottish Premiership
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 28 May 2023
2023–24 →

Twelve teams will contest the league. As of 30 April 2022, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers and Ross County have secured Premiership status.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.

Promoted from the Championship

Stadia and locations
Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian
Celtic Park Tannadice Park Tynecastle Park Easter Road
Capacity: 60,411[2] Capacity: 14,223[3] Capacity: 20,099[4] Capacity: 20,421[5]
Kilmarnock
Location of teams in the 2021–22 Scottish Premiership
 Livingston
Rugby Park Almondvale Stadium
Capacity: 17,889[6] Capacity: 9,713[7]
Motherwell Rangers
Fir Park Ibrox Stadium
Capacity: 13,677[8] Capacity: 50,817[9]
Ross County
Victoria Park
Capacity: 6,541[10] Capacity: Capacity: Capacity:

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Celtic Ange Postecoglou Callum McGregor Adidas Dafabet
Dundee United Tam Courts Ryan Edwards Macron Eden Mill St Andrews
Heart of Midlothian Robbie Neilson Craig Gordon Umbro MND Scotland
Hibernian TBD Paul Hanlon Joma Utilita
Kilmarnock Derek McInnes Chris Stokes Hummel Brownings The Bakers
Livingston David Martindale Nicky Devlin Joma Phoenix Drilling Ltd
Motherwell Graham Alexander Stephen O'Donnell Macron Paycare
Rangers Giovanni van Bronckhorst James Tavernier Castore 32Red
Ross County Malky Mackay Keith Watson Joma Ross-shire Engineering

Format

In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.

League summary

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Championship
First match(es) will be played on 30 July 2022. Source: [11][12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[13]
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

References
  1. "Key dates for Season 2022/23 | SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
  2. "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. "Dundee United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. "Heart of Midlothian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. "Kilmarnock Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. "Motherwell Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  10. "Ross County Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC.
  12. "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Prefessional Football League.
  13. "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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